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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1883
Page
2
A collage of brief notes and anecdotes from late November recounting global curiosities and local tidbits. Items include Hindu animal kindness, a $1000 offer for taste memory, a Pittsburg whisky firm failure, moon lore, and various reflections on religion, travel, and society.
A fragment notes a notable fighter presented with an apple in a ceremonial context. Details are sparse but imply a symbolic gift or pledge. No further names, dates, or places are readable.
A collage of humorous anecdotes from various papers recounts a child’s fibs and a stubborn father, a weary minister’s visit, a bridled Alabama widow, and a streetcar mishap. Other vignettes describe a wagon wheel joke, a pianos machine idea, a New York fashion mishap, and a colored man loudly opposing another.
An 1887 revival of astrological theory posits the Bethlehem star reappearing at 315 year intervals. The piece weighs evidence from 1572 and 1604 supernova observations, noting unchanging position, different color phases, and parallels to Mira-like variables while cautioning against overbroad reappearances.
A New York Commercial Advertiser note laments the latest craze of stylish mothers hosting receptions for children. Six year olds preside under flower canopies with music, dancing, favors and feasting while hired caterers craft surprises. Parents spare no expense, keeping tired youngsters awake rather than in bed.
A Schaumburg girl Rebecca married Max Sonnenshein in New York without her father's consent. Mose Schaumburg mocked the match in Austin, yet Rebecca defended Max as having a kind heart. A quip from Texas Siftinge and a Paris wedding scene comment follow, with wry notes from the New Orleans Picayune and Buffalo Courier about wit and manners.
Prof Samuel Johnson reports on a silo built in the basement of a grain barn with 14 by 16 feet interior, eight feet high, costing 151.80, filled with corn cut in half inch pieces. The silo preserved fodder with no waste and a cold climate winter feeding test shows ensilage four times cheaper than seeds, feeding five cows for 200 days. The study, continued next season, notes equipment and storage advantages and suggests mixing with dry fodder for best results.
Dr Graham warns against making rooms warmer or piling bed clothes and hot drinks after catching a cold. Such practices raise fever and may prolong illness. He notes similar harms from warm rooms for inoculated people with smallpox and cites a belief in cold water before bed as a remedy among the lower classes.
Prairie Farmer explains the three main stock designations pure bred thoroughbred and full blood. It defines pure bred as descended from a pure original race with no intermixture and cites Devils cattle Chillingham buffalo and Arabian horse as examples. It then defines thoroughbred as mixed lineage that has been bred within itself to preserve the established type, noting efforts to improve via careful selection. The piece discusses full blood as a relative concept not tied to absolute purity, showing how repeated crossing yields fractions such as one half two quarters seven eighths and fifteen sixteenths, yet some seven eighths or fifteen sixteenths resemble full bloods and may be called full blood by courtesy. It also defines grade and high grade terms in cattle breeding.
A Chicago Saturday News item warns against moving into houses built in winter when foundations and walls are hurried. Damp walls and hidden leaks from winter construction cause long term sickness risk. An example on Prairie avenue reveals water seepage inside walls from winter mortar, not sewage, as the cement floor trapped moisture.
A fragment from the Columbus State Journal describes a sleigh ride where a sleeping youth reached for snow, causing a stumble as the sleigh veered. The young woman alighted later, fetched her purse from the stable, and indicated no further use for the young man.
An enterprising editor comments on the dangers of showing women a bill of fare. He warns that they favor large figures and urges caution in financial dealings with women.
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